The New York Giants placed the franchise tag on defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul after the 26-year-old rebounded from two injury-plagued seasons.
The Giants made the move Monday, guaranteeing that their first-round draft pick of 2010 will make at least...

Tom Coughlin has a phobia when it comes to rookie running backs. That's why in all the years he's been coach of the Giants he has never had one who carried the ball 20 or more times in a game. Not Brandon Jacobs, not Ahmad Bradshaw, and certainly not...

With the Bears having a clear need for a veteran quarterback to back up Jay Cutler, do you think Rex Grossman would be an option? -- @RexyFan8 from Twitter
Grossman, 33, is a free agent. I think he is an ideal backup because he’s smart and will...

Brandon Marshall really wanted to see the football more.
It came his way plenty Thursday night.
Brandon Marshall desperately needed a Bears victory.
He helped provide it.
With a pair of glowing green cleats and two crowd-pleasing touchdown...

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It shouldn’t be that hard to beat a team that came in 0-5, but then, there are a lot of shouldn’ts with the Bears.
And the most painful and obvious is the defensive line.
This is getting ridiculous with the front four. Or what they call a front four. It shouldn’t be this impotent.
I know the defensive line has been pounded with injuries, but the Giants came in with an awful offensive line. This Bears defensive line should’ve shown something.
Waiting. Wait. Ing.
Despite...

NFL organizations always preach about the "perfect fit." There's a lot to get right for a team to win a Super Bowl.
It's even more important when you have to adjust midseason. Just ask the Bears. They entered Thursday's game against the N.Y. Giants with several players at less than 100 percent, including starters Martellus Bennett, Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman.
They emerged with a 27-21 victory at Soldier Field, improving to 4-2. And the Bears don't play again until Oct. 20 at Washington.
So...

The most frustrating part of watching Bears games this season comes when they're on defense, a 180 from every year in recorded history. More specifically, the weak spot is the very center of the defense.
Season-ending injuries to tackles Henry Melton and Nate Collins AND middle linebacker D.J. Williams plus underperformance from 2012 1st-round pick Shea McClellin mean the shortest route to the end zone for opponents is right up the gut.
On Thursday we saw Brandon Jacobs—a man who was expected to...

Week 9 waiver targets for fantasy football leagues:
Indianapolis wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey (owned in 45 percent of Yahoo leagues)
In five NFL seasons, Darrius Heyward-Bey never has played all 16 games and has yet to eclipse 64 catches in a year. His best season was his third, when he caught 64 passes for 975 yards and four touchdowns. In 2009, Heyward-Bey ran the fastest 40-yard time at the combine, at 4.30 seconds. It surprised some when the first wide receiver drafted was not the popular...

NEW ORLEANS — Ten games into the season, Ravens rookie running back Bernard Pierce was struggling to find his way into the game plan. He had fewer than five carries in a game eight times and he didn’t touch the ball in an Oct. 21 loss to the Houston Texans.
LaMichael James, who was taken by the San Francisco 49ers with the 30th pick in the second round, 23 spots before the Ravens selected Pierce, wasn’t even getting on the field. James was inactive for the 49ers’ first 12 games....